After spending 15 years in the hacker / InfoSec community, I thought it was time to pause and look back upon all
I have seen, everywhere I have been, all the people I met
and everything I have learned. And then share some of that
knowledge with people to hopefully help them have a leg up
moving forward. More importantly, compare and contrast my
experiences and perspectives with statistics we commonly
see based on attacks and the countries of origin. Statistics
tell one story, perspective tells the other. This is a talk on
perspectives.
Hackers, and hacking, are perceived differently around the
world and, in turn, some view our community and what we do
with different eyes than ours. I believe most reports/papers
we (Americans) see about that topic are skewed and never
give an accurate global image. Taking a very small dose of
reality and comparing it to what we’re subjected to, is interesting. Being a foreign hacker attending a con, or delivering
an engagement, in an alien land often led to unexpected
situations that I will also share.
I will also share while searching for diversity in our global
hacking culture I found things that united us more than you
would expect. I show how no matter what region of the planet
you come from we face a threat we all need to face and
overcome.
Jayson E. Street – Formally the #1 most awkward hugger
until beaten by David Kennedy (ReL1K) in a Paul Asaadorian
champsionship royale. Will he claim his title? Will he do
something so awkward to Paul that the world will gasp in
amazement and regain the title? The world wants to know.